GROICAP

Research Group on Osteoporosis and Falls in Primary Care

The GROICAP group is a multidisciplinary group, made up of medical professionals (Family Medicine, Rehabilitation), nursing and physiotherapy. Focused on the ELDERLY and clinical-epidemiological research on musculoskeletal, aging and frailty in PC, especially in the prevention of falls and fractures due to frailty.

The group has carried out calibration and validation projects of the FRAX tool in Spain (FRIDEX, FROCAT, EPIFROS cohorts). It maintains stable collaborations with national groups such as the consolidated group SAFE (Health, Physical Activity and Sport) and international groups such as the pioneering group of the FRAX (WHO) of the "University of Sheffield (UK)".

GROICAP has led the ISCIII-funded PRECIOSA project in the dissemination and publication of results on the prevention of falls and fractures in >75 years of age living in the community. The group has asked for private funding (already committed) for partial research aid and to transfer the knowledge generated to the elderly of the general population.

Group projects

• Evaluation of the diagnostic validity of routine TDI in the early diagnosis and stratification of high-risk neuropathic, neuroischemic or angiosomal disorders (distal angiopathy and MAP) subclinical in the field of PC. DERMATOO. PI: Miguel Ángel Díaz Herrera.
• Analysis of the adequacy of the diagnosis of insomnia to the ICSD-3 and DSM-5 criteria in the field of Primary Health Care. 2024-2027. PI: Jesús Pujol Salud.
• Effectiveness in reducing falls and consequences, quality of life and emotional well-being of an intervention based on the OTAGO exercise program for people over 75 years of age. PRECIOSA II-Badia Community Intervention Project. 2022-2025. IP: Marta Zwart Salmerón.
• Analysis of community effectiveness of an intervention based on OTAGO exercises for the reduction of sedentary behavior in complex chronic patients over 75 years of age. ICS - Catalan Institute of Health. 2022-2025. IP: Marta Zwart Salmerón.
• Use of routine infrared dermal thermography in the early diagnosis of high-risk diabetic foot (neuropathic, neuroischemic and with subclinical angiosomal disorders). (SLT021/21/000059). Generalitat Catalunya. 2022-2025. PI: Miguel Ángel Díaz Herrera.
• Analysis and description of costs derived from the care of chronic wounds (pressure injuries, ulcers of venous etiology, ulcers of arterial etiology and diabetic foot) in primary care in the southern metropolitan area of Barcelona. ICS - Catalan Institute of Health. 2021-2024. PI: Miguel Ángel Díaz Herrera.
• Incidence of fragility fracture in the last 10 years and the degree of diagnostic accuracy of FRAX in the real Spanish population. EPIFROS study. Spanish Foundation for Bone Research and Mineral Metabolism (FEIOMM). 2019-2025. IP: Rafael Azagra Ledesma.

Group publications

• Martínez Redondo J, Pons MC, Llevadot AM, Salud JP, Comas C. Rurality and COVID-19 Outcomes: Unraveling the Impact of Nursing Home Residency Using Bayesian Analysis. J Clin Med. 2024; 13(23):PMID:39685704.
• Berenguer Pérez M, Manzanaro García N, González de la Torre H, Durán Sáenz I, Hernández Martínez Esparza E, Diaz Herrera MÁ et al. Systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy in chronic wound's microbiology. Int Wound J. 2024; 21(9):PMID:39313239.
• Vandenput L, Johansson H, McCloskey EV, Liu EW, Schini M, Åkesson KE et al. A meta-analysis of previous falls and subsequent fracture risk in cohort studies. Osteoporos Int. 2024; 35(3):469-494. PMID:38228807.
• Castro Rodriguez E, Azagra Ledesma R, Gómez Batiste X, Aguyé Batista A, Clemente Azagra C, Díaz Herrera MA. Complexity of needs in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients using the ENP-E scale in the north-eastern region of Spain. Palliat Support Care. 2024; 22(3):460-469. PMID:38294285.